The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus (Faculty of Food and Agriculture) along with other agencies, recently hosted a week-long International Conference entitled “Climate Change Impacts on Food and Nutrition Security” in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
The seventh Africa Water Week was organized in Gabon from 0ctober 29 to November 02 on the theme « Toward Achieving Water Security and Safely Managed Sanitation for Africa”. GWP was one the main session convening institution and GWP WA was represented by the Chair, Prof. Amadou Hama MAIGA and the Executive Secretary, Mr. Armand HOUANYE.
"Strengthening Investments for Climate Resilient Development in the Lac Nokoué-Lagoon Complex of Porto Novo (RICC)" is a project proposal submitted by the Country Water Partnership (CWP) of Benin that the African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting financially for an amount of Four hundred and ninety-five thousand three hundred and forty (495,340) Euros over a period of Twenty-four (24) months.
The GWP communication officers met in Beijing, China from 13 to 20 October 2018 for their traditional annual training and experience sharing meeting hosted by GWP China.
Jakarta, 06 November 2018 -- Town-Watching Training of Trainers (TOT) Training Workshop on Flood Preparation - Community Safety Map During the Flood was successfully organized by Malaysia Country Water Partnership and the Global Environment Center on 31 October 2018 in Melaka.
-- Keywords: community empowerment, flood risk management, training of trainer, Malaysia Country Water Partnership, IWRM
October 28-30, 2018, the Great Rivers Forum (GRF) took place at the Changjiang Civilization Museum in Wuhan, Hubei Province where is the base of the Changjiang/Yangtze River Commission in China.
The ongoing 7th Africa Water Week underpins the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) which calls for ensuring access to clean water and sanitation for all.